Rain will hit SoCal for much of this week. Why it's probably not a fire killer
Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...
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State Farm Asks for More Insurance Rate Increases after L.A. Fires
State Farm, which already has rate increase requests pending, asked state officials to approve more insurance price increases ...
Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Pilot ‘Moments Before’ Plane Explodes Following Crash in Santa Barbara: ‘Lives Were Saved’
An officer is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a pilot from a burning plane, which crashed into a field near a highway ...
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$100,000 Grant Awarded to the Santa Barbara City Fire Department for New Emergency Response Equipment
The Santa Barbara City Fire Department has received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to purchase new extrication equipment. Known as the “jaws of life,” first responders use ...
Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest Los Angeles-area fires
Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.
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Santa Barbara Fire Department Wins $100,000 Grant for New Jaws of Life
The Santa Barbara City Fire Department has received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to purchase new jaws-of-life extrication ...
L.A. fire updates: Fire victims seek answers about rebuilding, cleanup timeline
As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new ...
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As LA Fires Burn, SoCal Edison Allowed To Raise Rates For 2017 Blaze
By Malena Carollo, CalMatters State utility regulators on Thursday approved a settlement that will require Southern ...
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Displaced by the L.A. fires, a burrowing owl finds a new home
By Juliet Lemar Click here for updates on this story SANTA BARBARA, California (KSBY) — Wayne Chapman, a restoration manager with UC Santa Barbara’s Cheadle Center, is working to bring burrowing owls ...
Southern California district attorneys ask Newsom to extend price gouging declaration
Todd Spitzer in OC, Mike Hestrin in Riverside, Jason Anderson in San Bernardino and John Savrnoch in Santa Barbara want to ...